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Ahhh yes...the mythical USC and Bama offers. I think those offers happened in the basement of a hotel right before a big game.

Was this sarcasm? I couldn't tell. You've got the saying wrong first of all, it's "no news is good news." We could be hearing about arrests, hospitalizations, fights, etc. No news seems more like they are focused and aren't exactly looking for attention right now. I like it. I'd much rather go into the season underrated than overrated. Also, I like to hear team news, but I completely understand the desire to push all the reporters out for awhile. The coaches have work to do and they don't need unnecessary distractions.

I feel like you have literally no idea what Frost's offense is about.

I don't know any of the specifics of how she may go about satisfying all those platform bullet points but, playing devil's advocate, it could indeed be scary depending. Sure most of that sounds pretty nice on the surface but bringing them to fruition could be the biggest shift towards pure socialism this country has ever seen. She could be well intentioned or she could be a hard left loon. If concern about the details of possible radical change like this makes me an uncaring monster so be it.

I absolutely LOVE this woman!!!! This ^^^^ is Ocasio-Cortez's platform. Cortez's platform is, according to Trump's chief apologist, and propagandist Sean Hannity, a "dangerous" and "scary" platform. Stop and think about that for a moment: Sean Hannity (and probably most conservatives) think that people having a job, health care, a home, college or trade school education for their kids, and people having the basic necessities....that's a "dangerous" and "scary" platform. What kind of selfish, self-serving, uncaring monster does someone have to be to say, "Nope, not everyone deserves a job, a home, and healthcare."

The part I bolded, is a stereotype which assumes that people are poor because they don't work hard, aren't willing to work hard, and/or are lazy.

Happening right now. Whether there was collusion or not, there can no longer be a denial that the Russians influenced the 2016 election. If this had happened and Clinton had won, the Russians would have disclosed it to cast doubt on the legitimacy of her presidency. But since Trump won, there's been no such claim. I wonder why...

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Meanwhile, these people are waiting for their Bud Light bottles.....

This is AWESOME! https://twitter.com/BarbaraMcMahon8/status/1017137375598739457/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1017137375598739457&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnebraska.forums.rivals.com%2Fthreads%2Fanyone-else-want-to-give-it-a-go-3-attempts-a-week-for-6-mo.212685%2F

Shutdown Fullcast did a show about the Big Ten West. And which team did they focus on? The Huskers, of course. Because no other team is as interesting, charming, or drives as nice of a car as Nebraska. Obligatory NSFW language warning. They describe Nebraska as a secretive American inner sanctum, much like Wakanda. They dub us "Wacornda" and I think I'm stealing this line and claiming it's my own at parties. Also, they describe Hawkeye from The Avengers as "The only superhero who skips arm day."

Well I'd say I made a good half dozen points if you bother to think about things. You complain about long, detailed comments so I shorten them up to simple sentences with a significant point in each and you complain. You don't agree with the basic points so you dismiss them without a rebuttal of any kind. Identify even one or two of the points made about our offenses of the past decade and I'll be happy to reply if need be. Many comments on this board are one or two sentences and fail to address fundamental FACTS and make generalized statements. I've been a player, devoted Husker fan and watcher of the game for over 45 years, having attended Husker games since the late 1960s. I have not attended more than a handful since 2015, sadly, due to living half a country away. Prior thereto, I maybe missed only a dozen total. I quit watching the NFL some years ago. I don't think I've missed much. The game has evolved I agree but fundamentally it has not changed that much. Opinions differ. I almost never make snide or insulting remarks about points made by some (not pointing any fingers) that simply defy commense sense or reasoning or logic. Time will tell and I remain very optimistic that Frost will coach this team much better than previous coaches and wins will come more often. But until we rebuild and reload the talent, we're going to need to use the talent we have now better and get much better effort and smarter play from all. This fall's success or lack thereof, it seems to me, will hang on whether the O line and QB play is dramatically improved and not so much on the scheme or tempo or other strategic things. This is an inconvenient reality in my opinion. '

That rambling made no coherent point at all. It was just a bunch of sentences out together. Can you try to make your points clearly and concisely?

Im not okay with the accumulation of wealth at the very top. But I’m equally not okay with guaranteeing these benefits to those who don’t contribute. If you can’t contribute that is one thing but I’ve seen too much to think too many people in this country won’t take the path of least resistance. Sad but true fact.

That's not the point. Did you click on, and read, any of the links I provided? However, since you asked: I would imagine that Jeff Bezos, along with every other super rich person, spends his money politically on furthering the corporate welfare state and to further enrich himself (themselves) at taxpayers expense.

not sure where to put this...but it is too damn accurate to not link

Sean Hannity can get bent, but there are plenty of reasonable conservatives that don't think those things are dangerous and scary, but think that giving the federal government carte blanche control over education, health, property, money, and weapons is dangerous. And I'd probably agree with them, at least in theory. I do like Cortez though. Talk about an amazing underdog story and a refreshing change of pace.

I’m amazed at the people who don’t understand that PR is part of the US. Amazing!!!

He makes some good points here. Personally I wonder how long the Republican Party can keep winning elections running on a platform of anti legal abortion, anti gay rights , Christianity, unlimited guns, discrimination against minorities , massive military spending and wars , anti social programs etc when the young people don’t care about any of that, or think the opposite. I know a small sampling of millennials including my own children and the all seem to be very tolerant and liberal .

Actually there has been about the typical amount of news we usually get this time of year. However, the difference from the last 15 years is that it has generally been positive, good news. Remember not too long ago the revelations about how much lean mass the team was adding and the useless fat they were losing? All the reports of how hard the team is working, how they are already mimicking the coaches, the buy in and excitement of the players still on the team and quiet disappearance of what we can assume were mostly guys not prepared to put in the work or those that simply weren’t going to fit within the new team? I suppose some fans can elect to think this is the typical handjobbing we’ve been accustomed to these last too many years but I can sure recognize how it is different and much better. No news is good news is the correct saying. Because when there is a lot of news it’s usually bad news or BS conjecture.

My question is; Is it still a “witch hunt” once actual witches are identified and caught red handed around the brew kettle with their potions at full roil? Shouldn’t that change the phrase to include words like suspects, perpetrators, guilty parties, investigation, legitimate discovery....... In my mind witch hunt equates to a misdirected waste of time. Pretty sure that doesn’t apply here Donnie.

If Colorado could ever get it together again they could become a giant thorn in Nebraska's side. Boulder is an absolutely breathtaking campus. Plus, you know the herb.

I wonder if we're gonna be the new Rome. I'm legitimately concerned about us surviving the GOP. I would like to believe that they don't have the numbers to do this.

I mean, if we end up with the 102nd defense this year, none of that really matters.

It is an act of war. Not all war is on the battle field. Some strategically is played out by weakening the target country from within. This was an attack on our political system clearly and its affect, by electing Trump - apparently their puppet on a string, divide us internally, weaken our standing in the world, and increase the prestige of Russia and Putin - all of which have been accomplished.

@knapplc I don't know if you saw it, but he also duped Sarah Palin. He even got Dick Cheney to autograph his "waterboarding kit"

Riley failed up...it happens. I feel like his destiny (if you believe in that) was to be a high school varsity coach and social studies teacher. The staff loves him, the kids love him, the town loves him and he coaches and teaches at the school for 30 years...never winning a lot...never having horrible 1 win seasons either...then he "retires" from coaching and becomes the schools AD and goes on for another 15 years and retires from the little high school after 45 years. I feel like that was what his life was supposed to be but he just failed up.

More likely I think the bolded are inseparably intertwined. Some day the apologists & truthers will wake up and realize they're in the same boat as the rest of us. They're chuckling and laughing about owning the libs today, but when all is said and done, they'll realize Trump sold us down the river to the oligarchs like the rest of us. They'll have the same boot on their throat, having forfeited yet more power to the wealthy who for all intents and purposes already run everything. Those people are short-sighted and misguided. Congressional Republicans? They're just playing the short game. They're convinced any action, any spin, any investigation and any propaganda that benefits the GOP as a party is worth the price. They're willing to spin and lie and mislead people to maintain or increase their own power. But they've been playing with fire playing to the worst fringes of their base for some time now. There's still hope this whole debacle inevitably blows up in their face. Ultimately, they're increasingly left catering to an ever-shrinking tent of hardcore Trumpers, cultural conservatives and single-issue voters. That coalition isn't going to hold up forever.

This is one of the biggest myths in sports. You know what you can't do in football? Hold the ball and score. The second you score, you give the ball back. Every minute you had the ball is time spent not scoring. You know what helps your defense? Scoring. Getting a lead. Forcing an offense to change their gameplan because they're behind. Not allowing the opposing offense to sit on leads killing the clock. There is certainly a time and place for clock killing, but it's not a strategy that helps protect defenses. Every other sport's commentary has figured that out, why can't this one? I'd wager it is because time of possession is one of the few stats in the box score. Luckily, our new head coach understands this. He knew the option by Navy presented challenges last year, that's why he practiced as the Navy QB for the scout team. But, he also understands how offenses have to adapt. In his pregame of Navy last year, he didn't preach holding onto the ball to protect his defense, he preached getting a lead to protect his defense. That doesn't just apply to option teams that have to throw it more, it applies to all teams. Make that scoreline your friend, not your enemy.

Well, there has been uproar about trying to stop it from happening again. That's part of the reason for the investigation. We need to know who and how they did it before we can stop them from doing it again. Problem is, the leader of our country does not support the investigation and STILL is trying to convince America that it's some DEEP STATE conspiracy theory and a huge which hunt. So....it makes it harder for the sane people in our government to actually work to make it not happen again when our dear leader (their boss) does nothing but fight them and ridicule them in public for their hard work. His protests on this issue pretty much tells me where his loyalties are......hint.....it's not America.

Idiot alert.

Wow. Great look for the MAGA heads. Keep supporting this guy. Also note - Trump hasn't said one word about beefing up security of America's elections, meaning this is not only possibly going to happen again, but likely to happen again, this year.

One might conclude, hearing these allegations, that this was an act of war.

Define 'better'. The standard definitions don't work because they don't adjust for pace. Football statistics are awful in this regard. It's a drive based game in which drive based stats are incredibly hard to come by. I like to use simple differential stats, because at the end of the day it doesn't matter what your offense or defense does, it matters what the difference is between what you generate minus what they generate. That's how it works in an alternate possession game. You can't really do much to change the number of possessions, so you just change how efficient your possessions are relative to the opposition. All Diaco had to do was outperform Banker. He didn't make it through Arkansas St before his leash expired. Chinander faces steep initial criticism. He won't have much of a cushion, and he knows that. I like that about him. He knows the expectations are high and he understands what not meeting them means in this business.

I'd rather have a guy who can find creases and can make himself small in a pile of defenders. Rex Burkhead was amazing in short-yardage situations by doing this.

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Considering there have only been seven RBs at the NFL Combine run 4.35 or faster in the past 13 years, I imagine you're going to be waiting awhile until one shows up at DONU. Good for you, I guess.

All those big recruiting battles Riley was winning......

This would be the equivelant of a stand alone Darth Vader movie starring Hayden Christensen.

I'm down for the Margot Robbie movie. She was the only good thing about Suicide Squad.

Is Jared Leto the worst Joker ever on film? I'll say yes.

Has supposedly been pretty interested in Nebraska for awhile. Was trying to get in touch with the previous staff last fall. Also good friends with Adrian Martinez. Said Martinez is like "family".

Almost every big time school except Clemson made an offer.